Technical Unit of Co-Ordination And Articulation Created

21 April 2011

Luanda — The Angolan government has created a Technical Unit of Co-ordination and Articulation, an organ that works between the central Executive and the local administration, to facilitate investments in the provinces.

This was announced on Wednesday here by the minister of State and head of the Civil Office of the Presidency of the Republic, Carlos Feijó, when speaking in a press conference that aimed at making a balance of the activities related to the first three months of the current year.

He said that in this first quarter, Cabinda Province got investments estimated at USD 33.0 million, with education being one of the sectors that received the greatest attention from thegovernment, with 59 per cent.

In Luanda, says the source, the government has elaborated an agenda of priority actions, such as improvement of urban transports, construction of drains, re-housing of citizens, improvement of basic sanitation, collection of solid residues and their treatment, as well as repair and construction of pavements, parks, leisure areas and creation of community kitchens.

Carlos Feijó also spoke on the problems caused by the rains all over the country, with material and human damages, adding that the situation demands a rapid reply from the state, not only in matters of assistance, but also in recovery of the drainage infrastructures and basic sanitation.

At least 196 people died, since September last year until April 18, victims of the heavy rains that have been hitting the country, without including the damages recorded last Wednesday.

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